That would depend on the relative humidity inside your home, airflow, whether or not you sealed the ends of the sleepers, etc. As a bare minimum, definitely seal the ends of the wood.

I just bought new fresh green oak sleepers (wet to the touch), with the intention of building a work bench when they are dry enough. They are currently in my front room drying (with spacers). I have a feeling this is not going to work, is the change too much indoors?

Any advice?

I’ve read your article there was a lot I didn’t consider.

Or a smaller log! LOL!

I need a bigger car

Why are you ending up with a 14” wide slab from a 36” wide log? What set up are you using that requires you to put those heavy thing under the router sled when they are green just to stack them? I am just lost trying to picture it. I set up on a log and put wood strips cut to the size of my kerf as i go. If you mill the whole log where you’re looking to dry it then it stacks itself as you cut that way. Im not usually that lucky though

I dry fungus and plant materials by putting them in my car over the summer. The temperature in a car on a hot summer day can easily reach 200 degrees F, and even a mild day can drive the temperature over 100F. It’s not a consistent heat, like a kiln, but it eliminates insect and other arthropod infestation. The fungi I usually dry are the very ones which cause heart-rot / dry rot; shelf mushrooms and woody conks. There is some chance that some species of fungi have spores that can protect themselves from the heat, but I’ve never given it a try; what I do know is that under normal conditions your finished wood would be subjected to, there wouldn’t be enough water to reactivate the spores

Of course, if your wood slabs are too long to fit in the car, it’s not a solution.

How did your project come out, Ben? I’m contemplating a similar technique in making a tool-storage stand out of a birch log, but the difference is that my log has a completely rotten core. No worries about checking during drying, it’s all soft at the core! But if the stand comes out well, it’ll be something I may want to replicate, and your project’s outcome is relevant to future partially-hollowed logs like the ones I’d be making.

It sounds like your cabinet maker wants that wood.

I recently pick up a heavy log from the beach on the east cost of South Africa. it is still wet on the inside.

I live inland in Johannesburg which is not humid at all.

how do I preserve this piece to use as a glass topped coffee table.

Kind Regards

Shailen

At this point, it is pretty heavily checked throughout. I would just embrace those flaws, and once more thoroughly dried, you could filled the gaps in with epoxy, possibly with a contrasting color if so desired.

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